spirit | 7 it may cost, | 7 7 | I am | willing to | know the whole | truth; | 77 | 7 to | know the | worst, | 77 and to pro- | vide for it. | 77 | 77 | no way of | past. | 7 7 | wish to | know 7 I have but | one | lamp, | 7 by which | my | feet are | guided; | 77 | 7 and ❘ that | 7 is the | lamp of ex|perience. | 77 | 77 | 7 I know of judging of the future | 7 7 | but by the 7 7 | 7 And | judging by the | past, | 7 I | what there has been | 7 in the | conduct of the | British | ministry |7 for the | last | ten years, | 7 to | justify | 7 those hopes | 7 with which | gentlemen | 7 have been | pleased to solace them- | selves | 7 and the | house? | 7777 Is it that in- | sidious | smile | 7 with | which our petition | 7 has been | lately re- | ceived? | 77 | 77 | Trust it not | 7 Sir; | it will prove a snare | 7 to your | feet. | 77 | 77 | Suffer not your- | selves | 7 to be be-trayed | 7 with a | kiss. | 77 | 7 7 | Ask yourselves | how this gracious re- | ception | 7 of our pe- | tition | 7 com- ports with those | war-like prepa- | rations | 7 which cover our waters | 7 and | darken our | land. | 77777 Are | fleets and | armies | necessary | 7 to a | work of love and reconciliation? | 7 7 7 7 | Have | we shown ourselves | so un- | willing to be | reconciled, | 7 that force 7 must be called | in | 7 to | win | back our | love? | 77 | 77 | Let us not | 7 de- | ceive ourselves, | Sir. | 7 7 7 7 | These | are the | implements of | war | 7 and | subju- | gation ; | 7 7 | 7 the | last | arguments | 7 to which | kings re- | sort. | 77 | 7 I | ask | gentlemen, 7 Sir, | what | means this martial ar| ray, │ 7 if its purpose | be not to force us to sub- | mission? 7 7 7 7 7 Can | gentlemen as- | sign | any | other | possible | motive for it? | 77 | 77 | 7 Has | Great | Bri ten | 7 to | tain any enemy | 7 in | this | quarter of the world, | 7 to call for all this ac- | cumu- | lation | 7 of | navies and | armies? 777 7 | No Sir, | she has none. |77|77| They are meant for us: | 77 | 7 they can be | meant for no other. | 77 | 77 |They are | sent | over | 7 to bind and ❘ rivet upon us | those | chains, | which the | British | ministry | 7 have been | so | long | forging. | 7 7 | 77 | And what have we | 7 to op- | pose to them? | 7 7 | 7 7 | Shall we | try | argument? | 77 | 7 7 | Sir, | 7 we have been trying that | 7 for the last years. | 77 | 7 7 | Have we | any thing | new offer 7 upon the | subject? | 77 | 7 7 | Nothing. | 77 | 77 | We have | held the subject | up | 7 in | every | light of which it is capable; | 7 7 | but it has been | all in | vain. | 7 7 | 7 7 | Shall we re- | sort to en- treaty | 7 and humble | suppli- cation? | 7 7 7 7 | What | terms | 7 shall we | find | which | have not | been al- | ready ex- | hausted? | 77 | 7 7 | Let us not | 7 I be- | seech you, Sir, 7 de- | ceive ourselves | longer. | 7 7 77 Sir, 7 we have done | every thing | 7 that | | could be done, | 7 to a- | vert the storm | 7 which is | now coming on. |77|77| We have pe- |titioned, | 7 7 | we have re- | monstrated, | 7 7 | we have | suppli| cated, 77 we have | prostrated ourselves 7 be- fore the throne, | 7 7 | and have im- | plored | its | interpo- | sition | 7 to ar- rest the ty- | rannical | hands | 7 of the ministry | 7 and parliament. | 77 | 77 | 7 Our pe- | titions 7 have been | slighted; | 77 | 7 our re- monstrances | 7 have pro- | duced ad- | ditional | violence, | 7 and insult; | 77 | 7 our | suppli- cations | 7 have been | disre- | garded ; | 77 | 7 and | we have been | spurned, | 7 with con- tempt, | 7 from the | foot of the throne. 77777 In vain, | 7 after these things, 7 | may we in- | dulge the | fond | hope of | peace | 7 and | reconcili- | ation. | 77 | 7 7 | There is room for | hope. | 77 | 7 7 | If we | no | longer | any | | wish to be | free, | 77 if we mean to pre- | serve in- | violate | those in| estimable | privileges | 7 for | which we have been so long con- tending, | 7 7 | if we | mean not | basely to abandon | 7 the | noble | struggle | 7 in | which we have been so | long en- | gaged, | 7 and | which we have pledged ourselves | never to a- | bandon, | 77 | until the glorious | object | 7 of our | contest | shall be ob- | tained, | 7 7 | We must | fight; | 7 7 | 7 7 | I re| peat it, Sir, | 7 we | must 7 | fight! | 77 | 77 | 7 An ap- | peal to arms, and to the | God of | Hosts, | 7 is all | 7 that is | left us! | 77 | 77 | 7 They | tell us, | Sir, 7 | that we are | weak, | 7 un| able to cope with so | formidable an | adversary. | 77 | 77 | 7 But when shall we be stronger? | 77 | 77 | I Will it be the next | week, | 7 or the | next | year? | 7 7 7 7 | Will it be when we are totally dis- | | armed, | 7 and | when a | British | guard | 7 shall be| stationed in every | house? | 77 | 77 | 7 Shall we | gather strength | 7 by | irreso- | lution, | 7 and in- | action? | 77 | 77 | 7 Shall we ac- | quire the means of ef- fectual resistance, | 7 by | lying su- | pinely | 7 on our | backs, | 7 and | hugging the de- | lusive | phantom of hope, 7 un- | til our | enemies | 7 shall have| bound us | hand and | foot? | 77 | 7 7 | Sir, 77 we are | not | weak, | 7 if we | make a | proper | use of | those | means | 7 which the | God of | nature | 7 hath | placed in our power. | 77 | 77 | Three | millions of | people, 77 | armed in the | holy | cause of | liberty, | 7 and in such a ❘ country | 7 as ❘ that which | we possess, 7 are in- | vincible | 7 by | any | force | 7 which our enemy | 7 can | send a- | gainst us. | 77 | 77 | 7 Be- | sides, Sir, | 7 we shall | not | fight our | battles a- | lone. | 7 7 | 7 7 | There is a | just | God | 7 who pre- sides over the destinies of | nations; | 77 | 7 and who will raise | up | friends | 7 to | fight our | battles for us. | 77 | 77 | 7 The | battle, | Sir, | 7 is | not to the strong a- | lone, | 7 7 | it | is to the | vigilant, | 7 the | active, | 7 the | brave. | 77 | 77 | 7 Be- | sides, Sir, | 7 we have | no e- | lection. | 77 | 77 | If we were base enough | 7 to de- | sire it, | 7 it is | now | too late | 7 to re- | tire from the | contest. | 77 | 77 | There is no re- | treat, | 7 7 | but in sub- | mission | 7 and | slavery. | 77 | 77 | 7 Our | chains are | forged. 7 7 7 7 7 Their | clanking | 7 may be | heard on the plains of | Boston. | 77 | 77 | 7 the | 1 war | 7 is in- | evitable, | 7 7 | and | let it | come! | 7 7 | 7 7 | 7 I re- | peat it Sir, | 7 7 | let it | come! | 7777 It is in | vain Sir | 7 to ex- | tenuate the matter. 77 | Gentlemen may | cry | peace, | peace! | 77 | but there is no | peace. | 77 | 77 | 7 The war is actually begun! | 77 | 7 7 | 7 The | next | gale that sweeps from the north | 7 will bring to our | ears | 7 the | clash of re- | sounding | arms! | 77 | 77 | 7 Our | brethren | 7 are al- | ready | 7 in the | field! | 7777 Why | stand | we | here | idle? | 77 | 77 | What is it 7 that gentlemen | wish? |77|77| What 7 would they | have? | 77 | 77 | 7 Is | life 7 | so | dear, 7 or peace | so | sweet, as to be | purchased | 7 at the | price of | chains and | slavery? | 7 7 | 77 | 7 For- | bid it, | 7 Al- | mighty | God! | 77 | 7 I know not what | course | others may | take; | 77 | 7 but as for | me, | 7 7 | give me | liberty; | 77 | 7 or | give me | death! | 77 | 77 | THE BATTLE OF WARSAW. Campbell. 7 When | leagued op- | pression | poured to | northern | wars, 7 Her | whisker'd | pandoors, | 7 and her | fierce | 7 hus| sars, | 7 7 | Waved her dread | standard | 7 to the breeze of I morn, | I 77 | Peal'd her | loud | drum, | 7 and | twang'd her | trumpet horn; | 777 Tumultuous | horror | 7 7 | brooded | o'er her | van, | 7 Pre-saging | wrath, | 7 to | Poland, | 7 7 | 7 and to | man!|77|77| Warsaw's last champion | 7 from her | heights | 7 sur| vey'd, | 7 7 | Wide o'er the fields, | 7 a waste of | ruin | laid; | 7777 O! | Heaven! | 7 he | cried, | 7 my | bleeding | country save! | 77 | Is there no | hand on | high,| 7 to | shield the | brave? | 77 | What though de- | struction | 7 7 | sweep these | lovely | plains, Rise, | fellow | men! | 7 our | country | 7 7 | yet re mains! | |